London Korean Links

Covering things Korean in London and beyond since 2006

Grizzly plays at The Water Rats

Korean singer-songwriter Grizzly would like to invite you to his first London show: I’m not a Grizzly Friday 23 March 2018, 8pm – 9:30pm The Water Rats | 328 Gray’s Inn Road |  King’s Cross | London WC1X 8BZ Tickets: £13 – £19 | Buy tickets Visit the event’s Facebook page for updates. In March 2018, a … [Read More]

HALO’s “Here I Am” tour comes to London

HALO, a six-member boy band whose name is short for “Hexagon of Absolute Light and Organization”, will be performing in London as part of their European tour: HALO: “Here I Am” in UK 229 The Venue | 229 Great Portland Street | London W1W 5PN Sunday 11 March 2018, 19:00–22:30 Tickets: www.kanzenmusic.com Check the event’s … [Read More]

The Rose plays ULU Live

ULU Live hosts another London K-pop debut: The Rose: Paint it Rose Tour ULU Live At Student Central, London WC1E 7HY Sat, 24 February 2018 7:00pm – 10:30pm Tickets £45.28 – 101.88 from Eventbrite This event is 12+ (under 16s must be with an adult, maximum 3 under 16s per adult) The Rose (Hangul: 더 … [Read More]

Event news: Dreamcatcher plays ULU Live

Spend the evening of Valentine’s day with your beloved and a 7-member girl band… (Careful when booking: the cheapest (£33.96) tickets don’t get you into the gig – they simply give you access to a signing session). Dreamcatcher: 1st tour “Fly High” in London Wed, 14 February 2018, 7:00 PM – 10:30 PM ULU Live … [Read More]

AlphaBAT play the Camden Assembly

I fell over this upcoming gig while browsing on Facebook a couple of days ago: the four-member hip-hop boy band AlphaBAT are coming to London at the end of the month. The venue’s website provides no more information than the gig’s Facebook event page, namely just the time, place and price: you are assumed to … [Read More]

Event news: Jay Park plays the Troxy

Jay Park returns to London for another gig on 4 February 2018. Tickets go on sale on 12 December. I’d be tempted to go along to this, but why are so many of these events on a Sunday evening? Jay Park (with SIK-K, Hoody, DJ Wegun) Sunday, 4 February 2018 | Doors: 7:00 pm | … [Read More]

Reports from the London Korean Festival 2017

LKL didn’t make it to this year’s London Korean Festival at Olympia. Saturdays are precious, and I needed to spend this particular Saturday at the KCC doing background research on the current exhibition and upcoming film series which hopefully will inform my write-ups. In-depth reports of the Festival are now available on a couple of … [Read More]